NixOS ManualVersion Preface
This manual describes how to install, use and extend NixOS, a Linux
distribution based on the purely functional package management system Nix.
If you encounter problems, please report them on the
nix-devel
mailing list or on the
#nixos channel on Freenode. Bugs should be
reported in
NixOS’
GitHub issue tracker.
Commands prefixed with # have to be run as root, either
requiring to login as root user or temporarily switching to it using
sudo for example.
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